... weapons are made up of poisonous chemical compounds. They are used to neutralize the enemy in a quick and very efficient way. There are several types of Chemical agents. They are; blister, choking, nerve, and defoliating agents. The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention is the most recent international agreements prohibiting these types of weapons. As Cobb points out, (28) in the 20th century ... the general nervous system. Agents that come into contact with the skin include Mustard Gas. This is not really a gas, but tiny droplets of liquid traveling through the air. This blister agent burns...

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... is a hand held instrument used to monitor contamination levels of CW agents. It is based on Ion Mobility Spectrometry and responds carefully to agent vapours. It detects a range of nerve, blister, blood and choking agents to low levels and the level of toxic hazard is calculated by a built-in microprocessor and shown on a LCD display. A field Alarm Module is available to ... provide a remote alarm facility and the automatic switching between nerve and blister modes of operation. Nerve Agent Immobilised Enzyme Alarm and Detector-Level 3- This is an automatic alarm system which continuall...

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... cause physical infrastructure damage, such as when used in the form of TNT or napalm, and organic life destruction, such as when used in the form of nerve gas and blister agents. Biological and Chemical weapons have been used in war to enhance military capability and their use has become more prevalent. However, one of the predominant disadvantages and cause for ... opponents is the users inability to adequately contain the damage to a parametric area. The Gulf War where some allied troops were exposed to nerve agents such as Sarin, Soman, Tabun Blister Agents, Mustard Gas, and Lewisite...

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... reason. This is neither a theoretical nor academic point. The American example and standard for preemptive war, if carried out, would invite imitation and emulation and will no doubt get it (Carrie Benzschawel). America should heed the words of Immanuel Kant "So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world (The Critique of Judgment, 98 ... must realize than once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. (Sir Winston Churchill) Works Cited Benzschawel, Carrie. "Preemptive Policy ...

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... riots and in the war in South Vietnam. Agents can also be developed to cause effects such as those of heavy tranquilizers and morphine. Another type of incapacitate is the blister agent, which burns on contact, especially the skin, eyes, and the lining of the lungs. ("Chemical Weapons-, Science World, Vol. 47, No. 13, March 22, 1991.) Breathing in a mild dose ... ...

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... needed. Countries including North Korea, another member of the NPT, produce these chemical and biological weapons, "North Korea's chemical warfare capabilities include the ability to produce bulk quantities of nerve, blister, choking and blood agent, using its sizeable, although aging, chemical industry-(CIA). The effects of those weapons would be astounding and surely devastating. However if a treaty bound them that included ... ...

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... to be added to explosive shells to be effective. Once in the soil, mustard gas remained active for several weeks. The Mustard Gas caused the skin of the victims to blister, the eyes became very sore, and they began to vomit. Mustard gas caused internal and external bleeding and attacked the bronchial tubes, stripping off the mucous membrane. This was extremely ... ...

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